Combination stroller and shopping carrier



March 13, 1951 R. s. BINDER 2,545,336

COMBINATION STROLLER AND SHOPPING CARRIER Filed Dec. 28, 1946 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

Robe/'1 5. B/nc/e/T March 13, 1951 I R. s. BlNbER 2,545,336

COMBINATION STROLLER AND SHOPPING CARRIER Filed Dec. 28, 1946 2Sheets-Sheet 2 14 10 1/ Fig.3

' INVENTOR.

Robe/'7 5 Zinc/er Fatented Mar. 13,1951

, UNITED j STATES PATENT OFFI s a f -5.2.5 3 6 comm-Arron; STROLLER'YANDSHOPPING ,..GARRIER I I Robert s. p nd rhilaa l hia, Pa. 7Application-December 2s, 1946,"Se rial No. 7 18,933 I 29mins; {,(01.280-36) My invention relates to childrens strollersand particularly to acombination stroller and :shopping carrier. k

Hitherto,it has been difficult for women ascompanied by a small child toengage in shopping, 'sincethey have had to lead the child while carryingan armload of'packages. Frequently, too, the child becomes impatientwith. long standin and wanders off, necessitating additional searchingor vigilance. V v

It is an object-of my invention to provide a wheeledconveyance whichwill carry a child and a load of packages, simultaneously relievingtheshopper of both burdens. 1

It is a further object of my invention to provide a conveyance of thetype described which is collapsible and-which may be stored in a smallspace, such as a closet, when not being used.

Another objectof my invention is to provide a conveyance of the abovedescription which-can be used singly as a stroller oras a shoppingcarrier, the unused portion of the vehicle beingcollapsed so as topresent no obstruction to the desired function.

Another object of my invention is to provide a conveyance of the abovedescription, which when fully collapsed, may be used by children as atoy wagon.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention, completely assembled.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention, knocked down for storage.

'Fig. 3 is a side section of my invention, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the seat back showing in dotted lines,the operation of the carrier compartment lock.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view of one end of the pushing rail.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section view showing the shock-absorbers usedwith the seat.

- underside near the front for easy steering. The

pushing handle is a U-shaped tube l8, whose ends 18A are secured to thesides of th structure I0 wardly-extending slots in the rail walls. lowerends of the fingers 22 are connected by just ahead of the rear wheel bybolts'ISFand-are further collapsibly"secured by the mechanism.

shown in detail in Figs. 1 and 5. A steel cable 20 passes within thelegs IBA of the pushing rail l8, emerging near the cross-portion [8B andextending parallel thereto. The ends of the cable 20A are secured tothetop end of fingers 22 which slide within the rail 18 and projectthrough rear- The The snaps 28 on both sides of structure 19 serve; I

to hold the rail in the collapsed position.

The upright seat portion B, consists of a hollow;

back member 38, which has an angle edge 32.

Theback is pivotally supported upon a rod .31.

which extends between the side walls of member H1, at the rear, andfurther, by th handlike members 34, on both sides, the finger portionsof which ride upon bolts I9. While the back 30 folds into the carriageA, its top edge 30A overlaps the front of the carriage, sections 39Bbeing cut out for that purpose. The snap-lock 36 on the carriage from;in cooperation with the slot 36A serves to lock the back 30 in collapsedposition, as shown in Fig. 2.

The seat 31 is pivotally secured to the back 30 by rod 38 which extendsthrough the rolled seat edge 31A and into the angle edges of the sidesof the seat back. The front of the seat 31 is pivotally supported by a U-shaped rod 40 Whose ends 40A are further bent to fit intoshock-absorber spring compartments 42 on the inner sides of thecarriage. A drop panel 44 is hinged at its top to the front of the seat31 and its bottom is connected to the ends of a U-shaped rod 45 whichpivotally secures the handlike member 34 to the seat back 30. A strongtension spring 48 connects the midpoints of rods 40 and 3! and serves toautomatically erect the seat from the closed position when the snap-lock36 is released. Armrests 50 are pivotally attached to the angle edges ofthe sides of the back 30, their other ends being linked to thecross-portion of th rod 40 by the pivotal link 52. A safety belt (notshown) may extend between the forward ends of the armrests, 50. When theseat portion of the vehicle Y is collapsed into the carriage A, the droppanel 44 is folded under the seat 31 by the ends of rod 46, and spring48 becomes stretched. A pair of wing-like doors 54 are attached to theback of member 30 by spring hinges 56 which tend to keep the doors open.A piece of fabric 58 is attached to the edges 60 of the doors and alsoto the back 30 so as to form a compartment or bag when the doors areopen, This compartment is used; to hold the packages or shoppingpurchases. When the compartment is empty it may be collapsed by foldingthe door inwardly and secur ing them by the catch shown in.Eig,.4=;. Thecatchconsists of a pair of vertical levers 64 and 66 joined by a link10, which is pivoted at its midpoint to the back of member 30. Aclamping handle 12 is attached to the upper end at lever 64 and projectsthrough the angle edge rim of member 30. The lower end of lever 65carries a clamping finger 14. Members 72 and i4 engage the top andbottom edgesor the doors 5%:- simul taneously when the handle 12 isdepressed: and serves t'otlock the wing doors in their closed post--tion.

It is: seen that the conveyance may be G015?- considerable detail, such:description: is. intended.

as being illustratit/e rather: than lizni'ting,. since: the: inventionmay be variously embodied, andlthei scope of the invention is tobe:determined as claimed.

Iv claim as invention..-

1-. A combination child's" stroller and shopping;

carrier comprising an open carriage having:

ground" wheel's. thereon, a; collapsible seat stru'cture having abackmndbeing supported upon rename within said carriage, means. forautomaticall'y extending said: seat. structure upright. v

fromzthe folded posi'tiom. means: for locking; said 4 seat structure inthe folded position, means for absorbing the shocks transmitted to saidseat structure, and slidable means for varying the angle of the back ofsaid seat structure, a collapsible shopping carrier supported upon theback of said seat structure, means for locking said shopping carrierwhen collapsed within the back of said seat structure, automatic meansfor extending said shopping carrier when unlocked, a col-lapsiblepnshingrail attached to said carriage, and means for fastening said pushingrail to said carriage when collapsed.

2.; A combination childs stroller and shopping carrier comprising anopen carriage having ground wheels thereon, a collapsible seat struc-'turehavingaback, and being supported upon and ioldable within said.carriage, means for automatically extending said seat structure uprightfrom-the folded position, and slidable means for varying the angle oftheback of said seat structure, a coilapsible' shopping carriersupported upon the back of; said; seat structure, means; for lockingsaid shopping carrier when cellapsedi within: the back of. saidseat-structure, automatic means-for extending said shopping carrier:when unlocked ,v a pushing rail-attached to' said carriage amzt means:fzor -fiast'ening said pushing rai-l to'said carriage when collapsed. VRQBERT S-.= BLNDER= REFERENCES CI'EED The following: references are ofrecord the? file" of this: patient? UNITED STATES PATENTS:

